MSNBC’s article announcing Senator Jim Webb’s retirement at the end of his single US Senate term includes speculation on who might run to replace Webb. They mention Tim Kaine and then mention Tom Perriello, who was shellacked as he ran for reelection to the US House from Virginia. As to Perriello, um, okay. Not much to talk about there. Usually a sitting or VOLUNTARILY retired | Read More »

I like to think of articles like these (via RCP) as being written at darkening twilight. The author is sitting at his or her table, favorite bottle of wine to hand, pausing from writing only to swig from the bottle, or to sadly watch out the window at the valley below. Watching and waiting for the first flickering signs of the torch-bearing Mob. Of all | Read More »

I like to think of articles like these (via RCP) as being written at darkening twilight. The author is sitting at his or her table, favorite bottle of wine to hand, pausing from writing only to swig from the bottle, or to sadly watch out the window at the valley below. Watching and waiting for the first flickering signs of the torch-bearing Mob. Of all | Read More »

For the last month or so I have been sacrificing my weekends by assisting Robert Hurt’s campaign here in Albemarle County. How much time? I finally dragged out my lawnmower and cut my yard. Granted, it has been dry lately, but in the backyard the dogs would be looking at me askance when i would throw a ball for them, only to have said | Read More »

Robert Hurt is running against Tom Perriello in Va-05 district. As a refresher, Tom beat out Virgil Goode in 2008 with a margin of victory of only 727 votes. VA-05 went for McCain in 2008 by 7512 votes. I have raised up off my couch, got away from the keyboard, and have been helping out in the local county Republican office for the last 3 weeks. On | Read More »

In the process of trying to convince people that Tom Perriello might possibly have a chance at keeping his seat in Virginia’s Fifth District (given Perriello’s bad habit of voting as directed by his party’s liberal leadership) against Robert Hurt, the Washington Post tried to trot out this particular line of nonse… ah, conventional wisdom: Though polls suggest that Republicans are by far the more | Read More »

In the process of trying to convince people that Tom Perriello might possibly have a chance at keeping his seat in Virginia’s Fifth District (given Perriello’s bad habit of voting as directed by his party’s liberal leadership) against Robert Hurt, the Washington Post tried to trot out this particular line of nonse… ah, conventional wisdom: Though polls suggest that Republicans are by far the more | Read More »

Among Virginia’s most vulnerable Congressional Democrats, freshman incumbent Tom Perriello in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District leads the pack of those who should be shown the door in 2010. According to NRCC political director Brian Walsh: “Perriello’s district is experiencing some of the highest unemployment rate in the state — yet he has voted for the job-killing trio of the stimulus, cap-and-trade, and government-run healthcare.” When | Read More »

Tom Perriello is a House Democrat who voted “Yes” in November for Obamacare. He has been slipping under the radar on vote-watch lists, including RealClearPolitics and FireDogLake. The Hill’s list has him as “Undecided,” with no supporting info. He is wavering, however, and needs some pressure. I am worried that by staying out the of the spotlight he may also be avoiding some needed attention | Read More »

“Seeing how closely divided his district was [in 2008 when he only won by 0.229% of the total vote], you’d think maybe Perriello would have adopted a more moderate or center-right independence. But he hasn’t … He’s done actually the complete opposite. His daily mantra is to poke the people in the district in the eye.” – Chris LaCivita , political stragetist. In 2009, “Must | Read More »

Just a quick survey: CA-10 (D+11): David Harmer isn’t quitting this particular special election, and he’s having a bit of fun with the… well, I don’t know what John Garamandi was trying to do here: …but I hope that he does it again. A lot. FL-08 (R+2): Alan Grayson opened his mouth again; apparently he’s under the impression that there are no such things as | Read More »